Death of a Bureaucrat

Name: Death of a Bureaucrat
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1966-07-24
Duration: 1 h 25 min
Rating: 7.80
Cast: Omar Alfonso, Manuel Estanillo, Silvia Planas, Salvador Wood

– A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyra..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

7.80 / 10

Duration:

One Hour and 25 Minutes

Release Year:

1966

Original Name:

La muerte de un burócrata

Death of a Bureaucrat (1966) - Also known as La muerte de un burócrata

A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape.

Producing Country:

Cuba

Filming Locations:

Cuba

Genre:

Comedy

Release Date:

24 Jul 1966

Language:

Spanish

MPAA Content-Rating:

UNRATED

Directed by:

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Story Written By:

Ramón F. Suárez, Alfredo L. Del Cueto, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Main Actors:

Omar Alfonso, Manuel Estanillo, Silvia Planas, Salvador Wood

Plot:

A Cuban worker dies accidentally and is buried together with his union card. It soon turns out that the widow will absolutely need the card for claiming her pension. Young nephew starts his hilarious fight against the authorities in order to disinter and rebury his uncle and retrieve the precious document.

Awards:

1 win.

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

7.8/10

#Exhumation

#Grave

#Bureaucrat

#Coffin

#Bureaucracy

#Nightmare

#Social Satire